Posts by Crisp

Use a proxy to get outside of the Virgin Network?

Like a pirate on a VPN? I don't want my name added to a government watch list!

Are these rules going to affect search engines "Powered By Google"?

I don't think that the European Commission has completely considered the knock on effects of what they are asking.

Since when was privacy suspicious?

Answers on a postcard please.

It's a bit much when the obligatory XKCD is in the article.

What's a commentard to post now?

National Gallery

"We wouldn’t stand idly by if paintings worth hundreds of millions of pounds were being stolen from the National Gallery." - Sajid Javid.

If people were going into the National Gallery and taking a photo of a painting to enjoy at home, nothing would have been stolen. People that visit piracy sites aren't taking the thing, they are taking a copy of the thing.

I like how the FBI get involved when it's someone famous that has their photos nicked.

See title.

"could be breaking the law"

Sounds like the police are overstating their powers again. They really don't like peaceful citizens with cameras do they?

How do we tell if our universe is a hologram?

We look for the big silver H on its forehead of course!

My Starcraft II league rating is about to go up!

Goodbye Bronze League! Platinum here I come!

This article doesn't represent me or anyone I've worked with.

Phoummala Schmitt doesn't have a problem with IT Blokes, she has a problem with arseholes. This should be properly reflected in the title of the article.

We're going to need to breed some kind of Big Bird to take care of these spiders

Then we're going to need to genetically engineer some kind of enormous cats to take care of the birds...

Do The Times really expect us to believe that?

That people would just go on the internet and tell lies?

Copyright is a fickle mistress

Though I was looking forward to the monkey launching his own legal proceedings.

fAiling tO cApitalise tHe sEcond lEtter?

Quite possibly one of the most heinous crimes I've ever heard of!

Does Yahoo really go around taking screenshots of peoples desktops?

I'd like to see some evidence of that claim.

Should have used Menshn...

Never had a problem with privacy on that site.

HSBC only got a slap on the wrist last time.

And they were actually laundering money for drug dealers and terrorists. I doubt that these "money service businesses" are going to be treated any differently.

Password fields need to be bigger.

I have to truncate most of my favourite pass phrases in order to use them as passwords.

"Last year 15 times as many boys took the [Computing] A level as girls."

That's probably because more boys did the course than girls.

Are those search results just removed for europeans?

In other words, can I still Google for a picture of Barbra Streisand's house from somewhere outside the EU?

I wonder if they could use other bacteria to detect other stuff?

Like hazardous chemicals or gold.

A US patent doesn't seem to be worth the paper it's printed on anymore

See title.

They can regulate it

As soon as a politician can describe to me in detail, what it is that they are regulating.

I wont hold my breath.

Isn't this just existing technology

But in an Apple product?

That should stop the problem once and for all.

Has Thailand finally solved the problem of people downloading books and games from the Pirate Bay? Because if not, I can see a bit of a loophole...

Brain the size of a planet...

And they ask me to hitch hike across Canada...

I see the CLOP are throwing their weight around again.

Where exactly is their jurisdiction?

UCCWCA - Poor choice of acronym

What's that supposed to spell huh?

Is there anything like this for android?

See title

If India has nothing to hide

They have nothing to fear.

Still vulnerable to hacking

But only via the high speed lead projectile vector.

Molecular biologist Andrew Conrad?

I thought that name sounded familiar. But only because of that guy from Stargate; Adrian Conrad who ended up with a snake inside his head.

Some media outlets didn't even bother calling him to check the facts

Are there really media outlets out there that indulge in such nefarious practices?

I'd like to begin by quoting

The entire series of images that make up Star Wars.

Serious question: What's the difference between nudity and pornography?

Those categories are worthless without definitions.

"intimidate or coerce or to compel"

That describes almost every Daily Mail article ever written.

You don’t just type 'Joshua' for full access.

Hmmm, A password with 50 trillion combinations....

I'll try Geoff.